Appeal No. 95-1217
Application 08/039,674
enhancement chain. The bulk of the specification (pages 8-12)
describes how each of these different analysis chains
operates. Because the specification clearly discloses
analysis chains that are not
alike, it supports interpreting the "distinct" limitation in
claim 1 as requiring analysis chains that are not alike.
In view of the above, multiple copies of the same
analysis chain are not distinct means for analysis within the
meaning of claim 1. To be distinct means for analysis,
different calculation processes must be done. If the same
calculation is done in parallel, these parallel processes do
not constitute distinct analysis chains.
The neural networks in Fukumizu all do the same
calculation. Each neural network has been taught to recognize
a different class and therefore each has different weight data
which it uses in performing the calculation. See col. 7, line
65 to col. 8, line 22. Thus, the neural networks do not
constitute "distinct" means for analyzing within the meaning
of claim 1.
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